Posted Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Class LTrinity High School, 7-1Last year’s runner-up was undefeated before being knocked off by Manchester Central on Friday night. But with Jordan Laguerre, Cormac Fitzpatrick, Richard Madol, David Madol, Peyour Guguai, and Zach Stevens they have the talent to be right there in the end.Manchester Central High School, 7-1Nashua South handed them their first loss of the season early last week, but then they bounced back with a huge win over Trinity. Head Coach Doc Wheeler and point guard Will…
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Posted Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Central Catholic, 13-1, Division IGlobe: #1, Herald: #1They’re undefeated against in-state competition as their only loss came to Kenny Boynton and American Heritage School at the Hoophall Classic. Carson Desrosiers can control the game defensively like no one else in the state while Billy Marsden has proven himself to be a big-game offensive player. Add in a nice supporting cast and these guys are clearly the favorites in division I. Brockton High School, 13-0, Division IGlobe: #2, Herald: #2They answered…
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Posted Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Choate Scores Huge UpsetLuke Matarazzo scored the first three points of the game and the last three points of the game to help Choate earn a major upset over local power Hotchkiss. Playing without Colgate bound swingman Patrick Liengueue, Choate slowed the tempo to a crawl for all 32 minutes of action and relied on the outside shooting of Matarazzo, Phil Opamuratawongse, C.J. Ruskay, and Tom Piscina to build up a 12 point first half lead. But with the talent…
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Posted Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Tellef Lundevall and Patrick Donnelly, who thrive on both the basketball court and the football field, will head to Brown University next year and play football. The duo began their post-graduate year at Phillips Exeter Academy knowing they would be college athletes…but not quite sure in what sport. Both players define what it means to be a two-sport star as they have excelled on both the football field and the basketball court. Lundevall came to Exeter by way of Highland…
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Posted Friday, January 30th, 2009
• Rod Odom continues to be a priority recruit for lots of big time colleges. Xavier became the most recent school to offer him a scholarship a couple of weeks ago joining Boston College, West Virginia, Seton Hall, Rutgers, and Holy Cross. The coaching staff from BC has been particularly attentive, being present at three different games this month. Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt and assistant John O’Connell were both at Middlesex’ practice on Tuesday night and Virginia and…
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Posted Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
New Hampshire Player of the Week – Thomas Robinson, Brewster AcademyThe defending class A champions have now won five in a row and Robinson is a big reason why. The Kansas bound forward scored 30 points and pulled down 20 rebounds in a 97-73 win over Marianapolis last Friday night and came back a day later and had 20 & 11 as Brewster beat Worcester Academy 92-56. • Tarik Smith Jr., St. Paul’s, 26 points & 5 threes in 48-41…
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Posted Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
With the season approaching playoff time, we thought we would look at where the teams stand in Vermont according to the VPA index used to rank teams for playoff pairings. Division 1 1. Burlington High School, 15-0They have now reeled off 39 in a row over the last two years, and no other than Rice no one has even come close to stopping them. Joe OShea, Clancy Rugg, Shane Norris, James Hale, and company are in the driver’s seat to…
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Posted Monday, January 26th, 2009
Earlier this year the New England Recruiting Report published Luis Leao’s story (part I & part II). It told of his long journey from Brazil to the Winchendon School, of his transition from a student who couldn’t speak English to the top ranked student in his class, of a traumatic health scare during his junior season, and how through it all he has been a fantastic leader for the Winchendon basketball team. Now, that story has another chapter as Leao…
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Posted Sunday, January 25th, 2009
In New Hampshire, the name Nicco DeMasco is very well known to those who follow high school basketball. Last year as a junior, the big man led his Monadnock Regional team to the class I state championship, and this year many expect them to repeat. But beyond New Hampshire’s borders, DeMasco was someone who was flying fairly below the radar. That’s because he isn’t a player who is necessarily going to stand out by scoring a lot of points. But…
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Posted Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Division IWith two losses on the season Bishop Hendricken has shown that although they are still among the favorites, their sixth straight state title is far from a certainty. They still have one of the state’s best individual players in senior Billy Baron, along with talented junior Nick Manning and up and comer Ricardo Ledo. Getting a healthy Matt Barboza back into the line-up before the state tournament is without question a crucial component to their ability to six-peat. Hendricken…
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